Gate-latch



(No Model.) v

G. W. CHARLEVILLE.

GATE LATCH.

Patented Nov. 15, 1887.

, W? fr WITNESSES: i

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WILLIAM CHARLEVILLE, on RAIRD, TExAs.-

GATE-LATO H.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 373,271, dated November 15, 1887.

Application filed August 17, 1887. Serial No. 247,224. (No model.)

, To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WILLIAM CHARLEVILLE, of Baird, in the county of Callahan and State of Texas, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Gate-Latches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in latches intended especially for use on gates, barns,

and the like.

out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my latch applied to a gate. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the latch with one side of the support or case removed, and Figs. 3 and i are detail views showing more clearly the specific. construction of some of the parts of the latch.

The support A is shown as a case secured to the gate-post and provided with pins or studs B, on which the rings C are suspended by rea. son ofthe pins being passed through the rings, as shown. The rings when in their lowermost positions extend below the support, and the latter has stop-bearings D below and preferably in front of t-he pins B, which stop-bearings operate to prevent the rings when lowered from being pressed up by any outward force or pressure on the projection secured by said rings. To release the rings l provide pivoted levers E.

The two rings may be described as being arranged on opposite sides of a central line, 'a sucient space being left between them to re-v ceive the projection on the gate. v

In usea person approaching the gate may lift the ring on the side toward him and open the gate by drawing it toward him; but to provide for opening the gate away from the approaching person it is preferred to employ the levers E, pivoted at e, extended past the central line between the rings on the opposite side of such center. Thus the ring on one side may be opened from either side by rais-- ing it by the hand on one side and on theother by the aid of the lever. The levers are extended from oppositesides past the center, and each one past the ring operated by the other. To avoid the'lever which passes the ring operating the same by frictional contact, I provide partition-plates E' between the lever and such ring, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. These partition-plates also serve to prevent the rings when being elevated by one lever from coming in contact with and being stopped by lthe other lever. v

The handle ends of the levers are shown as extended outside of the support in convenient position for being pressed upon by the hand of the operator.

In connecting the levers with the rings they operate they are preferably provided with lateral studs F, which extend into the rings and engage the same when the levers are properly operated.

While the support for the rings and the on opposite sides of a central line, levers ex tended past such central line,and having their inner ends engaged with the rings on the opposite sides of the center from the handle ends, and partition-plates interposed between such levers and the rings past which they are extended, substantially as and for the purposes specied.

GEORGE WILLIAM CHARLEVILLE.

Witnesses: W. W. OGLE,

J. F. PATTERSON. 

